Compare and contrast Fisher King, which is basically about the ruler dramatically influencing their land, including weather.

A subtrope of Power Of The Storm, but where control is unconscious and emotional. Also possibly a subtrope of Divine Parentage, as it is one of the tell-tale signs (along with Fertile Feet) of otherworldliness before more active powers surface.

Examples:

Film

Men In Black II has a race of good aliens, one of which was left to grow up on Earth. K asks her if it rains when she cries. She's about to say this happens to everyone, but then he points out it always rains when she cries.

Literature

At the beginning of Circle of Magic, before being convinced she has weather magic and being taught how to use it, Trisana Chandler has this. Her resentment and annoyance at her situation causes a tree to be spontaneously struck by lightning early on in the story and her backstory is full of similar incidents.

In Korean series My Girlfriend Is A Nine Tailed Fox, Mi-Ho has this ability on account of her being a supernatural creature, as a nine-tailed fox. This is a likely Trope Namer, since she explains the very thing just prior to being left stranded on a boat and crying her eyes out, triggering a massive sunshower. It's also the name of a song for the show.

An episode of The X-Files revolved around a guy whose mood controlled the weather in a certain radius around him. At the climax of the episode, he almost causes a nationwide disaster due to his anxiety of asking a woman he likes out. Ultimately, however, the two of them end up Happily Married, ensuring constant paradisaical weather around their home.

An episode of My Parents Are Aliens has Brian zap himself and ends up gaining the power the change the weather in the house depending on how he feels. If he's happy, the temperature goes up. If he's unhappy it goes down.

Video Games

Mallow in Super Mario RPG was raised by frogs, and not only does not ever seem to connect the fact that his emotions cause the weather, but doesn't seem to realize that he looks nothing like a frog.

Webcomics

The Cyantian Chronicles: Before it was confirmed that he had weather powers, it rained whenever Vin felt particularly sad. When he heard his mother was dead it poured for days, so badly that the Centralis discs had to be rearranged to prevent soil erosion.

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